[mythtv-users] > 1TB Hard Drive Recommendations

[Raymond Wagner]

On 10/3/2009 16:40, John Drescher wrote:
> WD 2.0GB green. I was surprised that although it does spin the disks
> at ~5900 it is not noticeably slower than the other 5 Seagate 7200.8,
> 7200.10 and 7200.11 drives that are currently in  my mythbox.
>    

It's all about areal density.  The denser the platter, the slower they 
can spin and still achieve the same throughput.